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The Away teams are on a war-path, but face their biggest challenges of the year.



Toronto v New Delhi
Head-to-Head: 5  v  2
Last time they played (Round 2): Toronto Wolves (24.11.155) def New Delhi Tigers (20.6.126)
2018 Head-to-Head: 13 v 5
Purps' Takeaway: Honestly, it's hard to see New Delhi winning this one. But, it was last week too! The Tigers have won both of their finals by 1 WXV point! That's freaking nuts! New Delhi got this far last year in a campaign that was cut short by the Destroyers, so they should know what it will take to win one. That might be the toughest part - knowing they probably can't do it  :-X. The Wolves are in such strong form, and are such raging favourites for the premiership, that it's so hard to see them lose, let alone score below 150. But it's happened, and you never know. Wolves for me.

Beijing v Dublin
Head-to-Head: 4  v  3
Last time they played (Round 8 ): Beijing Thunder (25.9.159) def Dublin Destroyers (20.11.131)
2018 Head-to-Head: 7 v 11
Purps' Takeaway: The 'Jing Thing v the Finals Kings, this game is my MATCH OF THE ROUND! Dublin are the best team at finals, and I think you won't convince me otherwise, especially how they somehow managed to keep Marchbank & Curnow to a stupid low score at the death of the game just through sheer will. Fresh after participating in the game of the year however, Dublin face a rested-and-raring-to-go Thunder whom have already produced their best ever season! There is no better position to be in to get into a WXV final - a home prelim and with a star squad of midfielders fed by a helluva ruckman. It would fill me with great joy to see the 'Jing get up, and to win the premiership, so I'm going for that. I'll tip 'em too!

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And don't forget reserves!

Three teams (Tokyo, Buenos Aires and Seoul) who are in the Reserves finals this week are not in the seniors. What I require from you, is that you NAME YOUR BEST SENIOR 18 like you were playing finals. I will be scrutinising your best XV to determine if that is really who you would play, so as to ensure that the players available for the reserves matches are the ones that would normally be available. If I don't agree, then I will name one for you.

Toronto vs Dublin, just because the ego smack talk next week will be lulz  ;D

We'll probably outscore both NDT and Toronto this week.

Nahhh, we're going to smoke it this weekend. 100+ point win coming up

Quote from: RaisyDaisy on August 15, 2018, 09:16:09 PM
Toronto vs Dublin, just because the ego smack talk next week will be lulz  ;D

This very much so.

Rance May Tmac Davis
Sloane Crouch (cc) Jelly Dmart
Goldy (cc)
Jroo Hoff Hawkins Gunston
Daw Holman

Henry Occonor Omac

Love the support Purps 8)

Beijing Thunder:
D: Tom Jonas, Brandon Ellis, Tom Cutler, James Aish
M: Dayne Zorko (VC), Lachie Neale, Callan Ward, Ollie Wines
R: Brodie Grundy (C)
F: Luke Breust, Josh Caddy, Daniel Rioli, Matt Guelfi
IC: Tom Rockliff, Bradley Hill

Emg: Mason Cox (r/f), Jackson Thurlow (d), Liam Baker (f)

Missing two first choice forwards in Kane a lambert and Tex Walker isn’t ideal, hopefully their replacements can come in and be handy enough for us.

Doedee, Webster (VC), Bonner, Macmillan
Curnow (C), Cerra, Berry, Dumont
Dow
Parish, Hooker, Edwards, Simpkin
Arma, Hayward

Florent, Rayner, Bonar

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Would like to see a Beijing vs New Delhi  Granny, but think Dublin will go all the way.  Good luck Teams.

For Reserves
Def: Short, Johannisen, Dea, Mihocek
Mid: Ross, Whitfield, Phillips, Atkins
Ruc: Lycett
Fwd: Dunkley, Cripps, McDonald-Tipungwuti, Fritsch
I/C: Cunningham, Thomas
EMG: Vardy, Hoskin-Elliott, Impey

Duman OUT, Clarke to E2 and Nick Robertson to D4.

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Finally had enough of Nooons the crab

New Delhi Tigers

DEF Lloyd (C), Houli, Rich, Murray
MID Hannebery, Sidebottom, Steven, Ziebell
RUCK SMartin (VC)
FWD Menegola, Gray, Darling, Langdon
UTIL SSelwood, Sier

EMER: Newnes, Morrison, McInerny

Quote from: Adamant on August 17, 2018, 07:19:03 PM
Duman OUT, Clarke to E2 and Nick Robertson to D4.

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>:(

pfft he's just as much of a crab as Newnes

Rioli to put on a clinic tonight

Quote from: Ricochet on August 17, 2018, 07:28:06 PM
>:(

pfft he's just as much of a crab as Newnes

You're right. I thought those comments would spur him on to have a decent game but he'll probably give away a couple of 50m penalties and/or May will punch his lights out in the third quarter.

Robertson OUT, Clarke back to D4 and Duman back to E2.

Forgot Essendon were playing tonight.

Melksham E1
Duman E2
Robertson E3

Apologies for the flower around Purps.

Quote from: Ricochet on August 17, 2018, 07:26:12 PM
Finally had enough of Nooons the crab

New Delhi Tigers

DEF Lloyd (C), Houli, Rich, Morrison
MID Hannebery, Sidebottom, Steven, Ziebell
RUCK SMartin (VC)
FWD Menegola, Gray, Darling, Langdon
UTIL SSelwood, Sier

EMER: Newnes, McInerny, Knight

Murray out apparently so Morrison into D4

Well, not an ideal start from Beijing with our fill-ins Rioli & Guelfi combining for just over 100 points.

On the bright side there was no 200-point Mr Brightside this week and Rance was quietish :-X

After Ess/Rich

Bellcho gets Toronto off to a great start, whilst New Delhi will begrudgingly take an 88 from Houli.

Caddy was great for the 'Jing, Ellis was par, put Rioli and particulary Guelfi were just bad. Guelfi score just, really, really hurts. Whilst Dusty atoned for his poor captains performance last week with... a captains performance, giving Dublin a lead by 3 with one less extra played  :-X

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	0		0
D2	Alex Witherden	0		0	D2	Bachar Houli	88		88
D3	Scott D Thompson	0		0	D3	Daniel Rich	0		0
D4	Ryan Clarke	0		0	D4	Harry Morrison	0		0
M1	Jack Macrae	0		0	M1	Dan Hannebery	0		0
M2	Scott Pendlebury	0		0	M2	Steele Sidebottom	0		0
M3	Jack Redden	0		0	M3	Jack Steven	0		0
M4	Tim Kelly	0		0	M4	Jack Ziebell	0		0
R1	Tom Bellchambers	112		112	R1	Stefan Martin	0		0
F1	David Mundy	0		0	F1	Sam Menegola	0		0
F2	Travis Boak	0		0	F2	Robbie Gray	0		0
F3	Wayne Milera	0		0	F3	Jack Darling	0		0
F4	Allen Christensen	0		0	F4	Ed Langdon	0		0
U1 (MID )	Jacob Hopper	0		0	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	0		0
U2 (MID )	Brayden Fiorini	0		0	U2 (MID )	Brayden Sier	0		0
E1 (FWD )	Jake Melksham	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Jack Newnes	0	0	0
E2 (DEF )	Taylin Duman	0	0	0	E2 (RUC )	Oscar McInerney	0	0	0
E3 (DEF )	Nick Robertson	0	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Riley Knight	0	0	0
C	Jack Macrae	0		0	C	Jake Lloyd	0		0
VC	Kade Simpson	0		0	VC	Stefan Martin	0		0
HA		0		0			0		0
		Total:	112	1			Total:	88	1

	Beijing Thunder					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Jonas	0		0	D1	Alex Rance	78		78
D2	Brandon Ellis	82		82	D2	Steven May	0		0
D3	Tom Cutler	0		0	D3	Tom McDonald	0		0
D4	James Aish	0		0	D4	Phil Davis	0		0
M1	Dayne Zorko	0		0	M1	Rory Sloane	0		0
M2	Lachie Neale	0		0	M2	Matt Crouch	0		0
M3	Callan Ward	0		0	M3	Joel Selwood	0		0
M4	Ollie Wines	0		0	M4	Dustin Martin	138		138
R1	Brodie Grundy	0		0	R1	Todd Goldstein	0		0
F1	Luke Breust	0		0	F1	Jack Riewoldt	84		84
F2	Josh Caddy	107		107	F2	Justin Westhoff	0		0
F3	Daniel Rioli	66		66	F3	Tom Hawkins	0		0
F4	Matt Guelfi	42		42	F4	Jack Gunston	0		0
U1 (MID )	Tom Rockliff	0		0	U1 (RUC FWD)	Majak Daw	0		0
U2 (MID )	Bradley Hill	0		0	U2 (MID )	Nick Holman	0		0
E1 (RUC FWD)	Mason Cox	0	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Jack Henry	0	0	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Jackson Thurlow	0	0	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Mark O'Connor	0	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Liam Baker	35	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Oscar McDonald	0	0	0
C	Brodie Grundy	0		0	CC	Matt Crouch	0		0
VC	Dayne Zorko	0		0	CC	Todd Goldstein	0		0
HA		0		0			0		0
		Total:	297	4			Total:	300	3

Grundy to the rescue!

Quote from: Purple 77 on August 18, 2018, 02:31:09 PM
Caddy was great for the 'Jing, Ellis was par, put Rioli and particulary Guelfi were just bad. Guelfi score just, really, really hurts. Whilst Dusty atoned for his poor captains performance last week with... a captains performance, giving Dublin a lead by 3 with one less extra played  :-X

Was always going to be the way, Rioli & Guelfi clearly our weakest players. Grundy & a couple of jets later hopefully we'll be in the mix

Nick Robbo was right. Soft.

After Saturday

Fark, Toronto look ominous. 7 out of their 9 players have tonned up, and their C & VC haven't even played. The Tigers will put up a decent score - and an admirable one at that - but Toronto are just at another level. Toronto will win.

This is the interesting game! Funnily enough, Beijing are all done! Thanks to a top notch score from Captain Grundy, Beijing - with HGA included - have put up a tremendously worthy 1509 points. Which means Dublin's remaining 6 players - including both of their CCs - have to 519 points to win. It's VERY doable, but not a sure thing either. That forward line went crazy - showing why they made up half of the All-Worlds Forward line squad. But WATCH THIS SPACE! This could be a thriller!

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	0		0	D1	Jake Lloyd	124		124
D2	Alex Witherden	13	DNP	0	D2	Bachar Houli	88		88
D3	Scott D Thompson	0		0	D3	Daniel Rich	99		99
D4	Ryan Clarke	0		0	D4	Harry Morrison	69		69
M1	Jack Macrae	0		0	M1	Dan Hannebery	47		47
M2	Scott Pendlebury	100		100	M2	Steele Sidebottom	120		120
M3	Jack Redden	0		0	M3	Jack Steven	80		80
M4	Tim Kelly	155		155	M4	Jack Ziebell	0		0
R1	Tom Bellchambers	112		112	R1	Stefan Martin	133		133
F1	David Mundy	109		109	F1	Sam Menegola	112		112
F2	Travis Boak	117		117	F2	Robbie Gray	84		84
F3	Wayne Milera	0		0	F3	Jack Darling	0		0
F4	Allen Christensen	118		118	F4	Ed Langdon	60		60
U1 (MID )	Jacob Hopper	54		54	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	52		52
U2 (MID )	Brayden Fiorini	100		100	U2 (MID )	Brayden Sier	75		75
E1 (FWD )	Jake Melksham	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Jack Newnes	73	0	0
E2 (DEF )	Taylin Duman	55		55	E2 (RUC )	Oscar McInerney	0	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Nick Robertson	52	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Riley Knight	0	0	0
C	Jack Macrae	0		0	C	Jake Lloyd	124		124
VC	Kade Simpson	0		0	VC	Stefan Martin	133		0
HA		0		0			0		0
		Total:	920	9			Total:	1267	13

	Beijing Thunder					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Jonas	73		73	D1	Alex Rance	78		78
D2	Brandon Ellis	82		82	D2	Steven May	77		77
D3	Tom Cutler	75		75	D3	Tom McDonald	0		0
D4	James Aish	61		61	D4	Phil Davis	55		55
M1	Dayne Zorko	80		80	M1	Rory Sloane	0		0
M2	Lachie Neale	132		132	M2	Matt Crouch	0		0
M3	Callan Ward	116		116	M3	Joel Selwood	109		109
M4	Ollie Wines	97		97	M4	Dustin Martin	138		138
R1	Brodie Grundy	162		162	R1	Todd Goldstein	0		0
F1	Luke Breust	76		76	F1	Jack Riewoldt	84		84
F2	Josh Caddy	107		107	F2	Justin Westhoff	126		126
F3	Daniel Rioli	66		66	F3	Tom Hawkins	136		136
F4	Matt Guelfi	42		42	F4	Jack Gunston	140		140
U1 (MID )	Tom Rockliff	58		58	U1 (RUC FWD)	Majak Daw	0		0
U2 (MID )	Bradley Hill	78		78	U2 (MID )	Nick Holman	48		48
E1 (RUC FWD)	Mason Cox	87	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Jack Henry	61	0	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Jackson Thurlow	94	0	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Mark O'Connor	46	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Liam Baker	35	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Oscar McDonald	0	0	0
C	Brodie Grundy	162		162	CC	Matt Crouch	0		0
VC	Dayne Zorko	80		0	CC	Todd Goldstein	0		0
HA	Matt Guelfi	42		42			0		0
		Total:	1509	15			Total:	991	10

Gee, if Beijing played Mason Cox over Guelfi, they'd have an extra 61 points  :-X

Quote from: Purple 77 on August 19, 2018, 12:02:02 PM
Gee, if Beijing played Mason Cox over Guelfi, they'd have an extra 61 points  :-X

Jing confirmed not telescopic or telepathic.

A reasonable score but not quite enough I don't think. Would need a real stinker from one of Dublin's CCs to get us back in the game.

Quote from: Purple 77 on August 19, 2018, 12:02:02 PM
Gee, if Beijing played Mason Cox over Guelfi, they'd have an extra 61 points  :-X

This was a lineball call as well, played the averages and picked Guelf :( Those points would've been handy!

After Dogs/Blues

Toronto is scary. 170+ comin up.

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	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	144		144	D1	Jake Lloyd	124		124
D2	Alex Witherden	13	DNP	0	D2	Bachar Houli	88		88
D3	Scott D Thompson	0		0	D3	Daniel Rich	99		99
D4	Ryan Clarke	0		0	D4	Harry Morrison	69		69
M1	Jack Macrae	110		110	M1	Dan Hannebery	47		47
M2	Scott Pendlebury	100		100	M2	Steele Sidebottom	120		120
M3	Jack Redden	0		0	M3	Jack Steven	80		80
M4	Tim Kelly	155		155	M4	Jack Ziebell	0		0
R1	Tom Bellchambers	112		112	R1	Stefan Martin	133		133
F1	David Mundy	109		109	F1	Sam Menegola	112		112
F2	Travis Boak	117		117	F2	Robbie Gray	84		84
F3	Wayne Milera	0		0	F3	Jack Darling	0		0
F4	Allen Christensen	118		118	F4	Ed Langdon	60		60
U1 (MID )	Jacob Hopper	54		54	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	52		52
U2 (MID )	Brayden Fiorini	100		100	U2 (MID )	Brayden Sier	75		75
E1 (FWD )	Jake Melksham	0	0	0	E1 (MID )	Jack Newnes	73	0	0
E2 (DEF )	Taylin Duman	55		55	E2 (RUC )	Oscar McInerney	0	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Nick Robertson	52	0	0	E3 (FWD )	Riley Knight	0	0	0
C	Jack Macrae	110		110	C	Jake Lloyd	124		124
VC	Kade Simpson	144		0	VC	Stefan Martin	133		0
HA		0		0			0		0
		Total:	1284	11			Total:	1267	13

	Beijing Thunder					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Jonas	73		73	D1	Alex Rance	78		78
D2	Brandon Ellis	82		82	D2	Steven May	77		77
D3	Tom Cutler	75		75	D3	Tom McDonald	0		0
D4	James Aish	61		61	D4	Phil Davis	55		55
M1	Dayne Zorko	80		80	M1	Rory Sloane	0		0
M2	Lachie Neale	132		132	M2	Matt Crouch	0		0
M3	Callan Ward	116		116	M3	Joel Selwood	109		109
M4	Ollie Wines	97		97	M4	Dustin Martin	138		138
R1	Brodie Grundy	162		162	R1	Todd Goldstein	0		0
F1	Luke Breust	76		76	F1	Jack Riewoldt	84		84
F2	Josh Caddy	107		107	F2	Justin Westhoff	126		126
F3	Daniel Rioli	66		66	F3	Tom Hawkins	136		136
F4	Matt Guelfi	42		42	F4	Jack Gunston	140		140
U1 (MID )	Tom Rockliff	58		58	U1 (RUC FWD)	Majak Daw	0		0
U2 (MID )	Bradley Hill	78		78	U2 (MID )	Nick Holman	48		48
E1 (RUC FWD)	Mason Cox	87	0	0	E1 (FWD )	Jack Henry	61	0	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Jackson Thurlow	94	0	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Mark O'Connor	46	0	0
E3 (FWD )	Liam Baker	35	0	0	E3 (DEF )	Oscar McDonald	0	0	0
C	Brodie Grundy	162		162	CC	Matt Crouch	0		0
VC	Dayne Zorko	80		0	CC	Todd Goldstein	0		0
HA	Matt Guelfi	42		42			0		0
		Total:	1509	15			Total:	991	10

Wolves prey on Tigers

Welp, that's one of your more ominous prelim finals! There was nothing New Delhi could do; the Wolves were simply destined to make the Grand Final. Commiserations to New Delhi, whom lose a prelim for the second year in a row, but well done to a great year!

Toronto Wolves (26.9.165) def New Delhi Tigers (22.6.138)

Best
Toronto: Kade Simpson, Jack Macrae, Scott Pendlebury, Tim Kelly, Tom Bellchambers, David Mundy, Travis Boak, Wayne Milera, Allen Christensen, Brayden Fiorini
New Delhi: Jake Lloyd, Steele Sidebottom, Stefan Martin, Sam Menegola

Late Changes
Toronto: Alex Witherden subbed out for Taylin Duman
New Delhi: Jack Darling subbed out for Riley Knight

WXV Debut
Toronto: Taylin Duman
New Delhi: Nil

Club debut
Toronto: Nil
New Delhi: Nil

TORONTO progresses to the GRAND FINAL
NEW DELHI finishes 4th

TIM KELLY wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

Destroyer Cannons deafen Thunder Claps

Not even Brodie Grundy's second Finals Champion Medal in a row as Captain could stop the Dublin machine. What an amazingly well timed year! The stars are firing and look well placed to compete for a 3rd WXV premiership.

The interesting part? The Destroyers would have outscored the Wovles by 5 SC points (without HGA).

Commiserations to the 'Jing; it was an absolute pleasure watching you have your finest ever season, and I think you'd have found nearly everyone cheering on for you as a testament to your sportsmanship. But for now... it's all about Toronto v Dublin, the final we were destined to have!

Beijing Thunder (24.7.151) lost to Dublin Destroyers (25.11.161)

Best
Beijing: Lachie Neale, Callan Ward, Brodie Grundy, Josh Caddy
Dublin: Rory Sloane, Matt Crouch, Joel Selwood, Dustin Martin, Justin Westhoff, Tom Hawkins, Jack Gunston

Late Changes
Beijing: Nil
Dublin: Nil

WXV Debut
Beijing: Nil
Dublin: Nil

Club debut
Beijing: Nil
Dublin: Nil

DUBLIN progresses to the GRAND FINAL
BEIJING finishes 3rd

BRODIE GRUNDY wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

Pyongyang ruin Canadian Party

Windsor couldn't make it a double with Toronto in the final, as the 9 Magpies triumphed over the 7 remaining Wolves.

Pyongyang Chollimas (17.8.110) def Windsor Warriors (8.11.59)

Best
Pyongyang: Kamdyn McIntosh, Jackson TrengoveLochie O'Brien
Windsor: Jake Melksham

PYONGYANG progresses to the GRAND FINAL
WINDSOR finishes 3rd

La Plata bring the Armada

13 young and angry future Dillos massacred the 9 frightened Yakuza; further proof that the Dillos have a strong reserve to call up upon in what will be a telling 2019.

La Plata Armada (27.10.172) def Yuzawa Yakuza (18.8.116)

Best
La Plata: Chris Masten, Chris MayneJesse Joyce, Oliver Florent, Cameron Rayner, Mitch W Brown
Yuzawa: Jarman Impey, Harry Perryman

LA PLATA progresses to the GRAND FINAL
YUZAWA finishes 4th

And ze proof:

	Toronto Wolves					New Delhi Tigers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Kade Simpson	144		144	D1	Jake Lloyd	124		124
D2	Alex Witherden	13	DNP	0	D2	Bachar Houli	88		88
D3	Scott D Thompson	80		80	D3	Daniel Rich	99		99
D4	Ryan Clarke	42		42	D4	Harry Morrison	69		69
M1	Jack Macrae	110		110	M1	Dan Hannebery	47		47
M2	Scott Pendlebury	100		100	M2	Steele Sidebottom	120		120
M3	Jack Redden	97		97	M3	Jack Steven	80		80
M4	Tim Kelly	155		155	M4	Jack Ziebell	60		60
R1	Tom Bellchambers	112		112	R1	Stefan Martin	133		133
F1	David Mundy	109		109	F1	Sam Menegola	112		112
F2	Travis Boak	117		117	F2	Robbie Gray	84		84
F3	Wayne Milera	106		106	F3	Jack Darling	-1	DNP	0
F4	Allen Christensen	118		118	F4	Ed Langdon	60		60
U1 (MID )	Jacob Hopper	54		54	U1 (MID )	Scott Selwood	52		52
U2 (MID )	Brayden Fiorini	100		100	U2 (MID )	Brayden Sier	75		75
E1 (FWD )	Jake Melksham	96	DNP	0	E1 (MID )	Jack Newnes	73	DNP	0
E2 (DEF )	Taylin Duman	55		55	E2 (RUC )	Oscar McInerney	0	DNP	0
E3 (DEF )	Nick Robertson	52	DNP	0	E3 (FWD )	Riley Knight	55		55
C	Jack Macrae	110		110	C	Jake Lloyd	124		124
VC	Kade Simpson	144		0	VC	Stefan Martin	133		0
HA	Ryan Clarke	42		42			0		0
		Total:	1651	15			Total:	1382	15

	Beijing Thunder					Dublin Destroyers
POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ	POS	Traditional	SCO	PEN	ADJ
D1	Tom Jonas	73		73	D1	Alex Rance	78		78
D2	Brandon Ellis	82		82	D2	Steven May	77		77
D3	Tom Cutler	75		75	D3	Tom McDonald	84		84
D4	James Aish	61		61	D4	Phil Davis	55		55
M1	Dayne Zorko	80		80	M1	Rory Sloane	110		110
M2	Lachie Neale	132		132	M2	Matt Crouch	131		131
M3	Callan Ward	116		116	M3	Joel Selwood	109		109
M4	Ollie Wines	97		97	M4	Dustin Martin	138		138
R1	Brodie Grundy	162		162	R1	Todd Goldstein	95		95
F1	Luke Breust	76		76	F1	Jack Riewoldt	84		84
F2	Josh Caddy	107		107	F2	Justin Westhoff	126		126
F3	Daniel Rioli	66		66	F3	Tom Hawkins	136		136
F4	Matt Guelfi	42		42	F4	Jack Gunston	140		140
U1 (MID )	Tom Rockliff	58		58	U1 (RUC FWD)	Majak Daw	89		89
U2 (MID )	Bradley Hill	78		78	U2 (MID )	Nick Holman	48		48
E1 (RUC FWD)	Mason Cox	87	DNP	0	E1 (FWD )	Jack Henry	61	DNP	0
E2 (DEF MID)	Jackson Thurlow	94	DNP	0	E2 (DEF MID)	Mark O'Connor	46	DNP	0
E3 (FWD )	Liam Baker	35	DNP	0	E3 (DEF )	Oscar McDonald	61	DNP	0
C	Brodie Grundy	162		162	CC	Matt Crouch	131		66
VC	Dayne Zorko	80		0	CC	Todd Goldstein	95		48
HA	Matt Guelfi	42		42			0		0
		Total:	1509	15			Total:	1614	15

Reserves

Aiden Bonar	Buenos Aires Armadillos	40	R
Cameron Polson	Buenos Aires Armadillos	30	R
Cameron Rayner	Buenos Aires Armadillos	76	R
Chris Masten	Buenos Aires Armadillos	86	R
Chris Mayne	Buenos Aires Armadillos	102	R
Harry Taylor	Buenos Aires Armadillos	60	R
Jacob Heron	Buenos Aires Armadillos	61	R
Jesse Joyce	Buenos Aires Armadillos	93	R
Mark LeCras	Buenos Aires Armadillos	68	R
Michael Rischitelli	Buenos Aires Armadillos	21	R
Mitch W Brown	Buenos Aires Armadillos	76	R
Oliver Florent	Buenos Aires Armadillos	89	R
Shaun Atley	Buenos Aires Armadillos	59	R
David Myers	Seoul Magpies	45	R
Jackson Trengove	Seoul Magpies	95	R
Travis Varcoe	Seoul Magpies	54	R
Willie Rioli	Seoul Magpies	63	R
Kamdyn McIntosh	Seoul Magpies	89	R
Cam McCarthy	Seoul Magpies	40	R
Sam Rowe	Seoul Magpies	57	R
Conor Glass	Seoul Magpies	30	R
Lochie O'Brien	Seoul Magpies	75	R
Harry Perryman	Tokyo Samurai	87	R
Aaron Young	Tokyo Samurai	59	R
Ben Long	Tokyo Samurai	41	R
Jarman Impey	Tokyo Samurai	95	R
Kayne Turner	Tokyo Samurai	60	R
Liam Ryan	Tokyo Samurai	36	R
Nathan Vardy	Tokyo Samurai	66	R
Will Hoskin-Elliott	Tokyo Samurai	67	R
Sam Lloyd	Tokyo Samurai	68	R
Alex Witherden	Toronto Wolves	13	R
Jake Melksham	Toronto Wolves	96	R
Alex Pearce	Toronto Wolves	19	R
Robbie Fox	Toronto Wolves	33	R
Bradley Lynch	Toronto Wolves	23	R
Nick Robertson	Toronto Wolves	52	R
Thomas Cole	Toronto Wolves	58	R

Holzman, while you lay there, hopefully as uncomfortable as you possibly can be, I want you to listen to me. I want you to digest this because before I leave in 1 week with your WXV Premiership, I have a lot of things I want to get off my chest.

I don’t hate you, Holz. I don’t even dislike you. I do like you. I like you a hell of a lot more than I like most people in this competition.

I hate this idea that you’re the best. Because you’re not. I’m the best. I’m the best in the world. There’s one thing you’re better at than I am and that’s kissing Purple 77's ass.

You’re as good as kissing Purple's ass as CrowsFan was. I don’t know if you’re as good as Jroo though. He’s a pretty good ass kisser. Always was and still is.

Whoops! I’m breaking the fourth wall!

[waves to the camera]

I am the best XVs coach in the world.

I’ve been the best ever since day one when I registered on this website. And I’ve been vilified and hated since that day, because Colliwobblers saw something in me that nobody else wanted to admit. That’s right, I’m a Colliwobblers guy. You know who else was a Colliwobblers guy? Nails. And he split just like I’m splitting. But the biggest difference between me and Nails is I’m going to leave with the WXV Premiership.

I’ve grabbed so many of Purple 77’s brass rings that it’s finally dawned on me that they're just that, they’re completely imaginary. The only thing that’s real is me and the fact that day in and day out, for almost six years, I have proved to everybody on FanFooty that I am the best at trading, the best at drafting, even on Discord! Nobody can touch me!

And yet no matter how many times I prove it, I’m not regarded as the face of the competition. I’m barely promoted. I don't get to be in any Elxam leagues. I’m certainly not in any crappy leagues on the DT/SC boards. I’m not a m0nty medalist. I’m not in the FanFooty Hall of Fame. I don't get to be interviewed by nas on The Good Oil on Coaches. But the fact of the matter is, I should be.

And trust me, this isn’t sour grapes. But the fact that Holz has 5 stars and I don't makes me sick!

Oh hey, let me get something straight. Those of you who are cheering me right now, you are just as big a part of me leaving as anything else. Because you’re the ones who are reading those interviews by nas. You’re the ones that comment in those award threads that I'm not involved in. And then during December when I'm on holiday, you try to come to me for advice so you can profit from your trades because you’re too lazy to watch games of footy and do some research.

I’m leaving with the WXV Premiership on August 26th. And hell, who knows, maybe I’ll go defend it on BigFooty. Maybe…I’ll go back to Ultimate Footy.

[looks at the camera and waves]

Hey, Shihan7, how you doing?

The reason I’m leaving is you people. Because after I’m gone, you’re still going to devote your time to this website. I’m just a spoke on the wheel. The wheel is going to keep turning and I understand that. Purple 77 is going to get all the plaudits despite himself. He’s a WXV admin who should be a FanFooty admin. You know why he’s not an FF admin? Because he surrounds himself with glad-handed, nonsensical, douchebag yes men, like ossie85, who’s going to tell him everything he wants to hear, and I’d like to think that maybe this website will be better after Purple 77 is deactivated. But the fact is, it’s going to be taken over by his idiotic daughter and his doofus son-in-law and the rest of his stupid family.

Let me tell you a personal story about Purple 77, alright? We do this whole anti bully campaign...

[microphone cuts off]

Just got out the spa so very relaxed.

Great season jing went out with a very good score so got to hang your head high.

Well this got interesting!

The edgelord is such a punk!

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I sympathise with the Adamant cause.

You know, we've been calling Adamant the Edgelord this entire time, but his entire persona is much more akin to CM Punk than Edge. Levi is shook.

(https://media1.tenor.com/images/1088484697e7973f8630c3b6c62c1cc6/tenor.gif?itemid=4602390)

You cows and your gifs are wasting all my mobile data

Did somebody say leaving? @KB

Quote from: Holz on August 19, 2018, 10:11:45 PM
Just got out the spa so very relaxed.

Great season jing went out with a very good score so got to hang your head high.

Well done Holz, too good on the day.

Would've been nice for 'Jing to get into that maiden GF but wasn't to be! Picture of consistency all year but just a few too many passengers this week meant we couldn't keep up with Dublin's star power. Offseason starts now!

With a pipebomb to kick off grand final week!

This gonna be good 8).

Whilst it was a very well written and articulate post with a hint of sarcasm; I actually think Adamant is telling the truth from the heart. Many of the points made are startlingly true. I think Adamant meant this is a serious tone. :-X

and this is why they now have a concussion rule in WXV's
:P

Congrats on the win Ada, thoroughly deserved mate.

now kick Holz's pie ass this weekend

Quote from: Ricochet on August 20, 2018, 09:05:32 PM
Congrats on the win Ada, thoroughly deserved mate.

now kick Holz's pie ass this weekend

Cheers Rico. Good effort to make back-to-back prelims considering the injuries and underperformers you guys had.

And don't worry, The Edgelord will.

I'm praying for a draw.

Bellchambers is out this week

Does that mean Toronto will have to play OOP ruck?

That sucks, being the GF

Big break for Dublin

Leuenberger to the rescue.